Why is it necessary to have gear on the same phase from electrical panel?

This is my issue with both plugs in an audio room having to be on the same hot wire. One side is grounded anyways &neutral) Hotside is grounded thru an average of 10 ohms with other items connected in the house and your audio gear anyways. A fe volts difference in an unbalanced load across both ht wires amunts to about zero infle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One side the neutral is connected to ground not matter what circuit hot side you are using. The hot is actually grounded too thru about 10 ohms load with other items in the house drawing current besides your audio gear and lower with AC running. What's the difference in noise with both circuits on one side or split by both hots?

 

 

 

 

I am sorry the post I was typing above decided on its own to post before I was finished. This site is finicky.

Ok.  I actually understand electricity.  And I can't think of a reason.  

Ground IS important.  You can have a ground loop so how you ground can be important.  but which hot leg you use isn't important.

I ran two circuits to my system, one on each leg.  I do keep my system all on the same leg and plug other things into the other leg but that is really just a local thing.  Once it goes back to the panel, all bets are off.

Jerry

I ran two circuits to my system, one on each leg. I do keep my system all on the same leg and plug other things into the other leg but that is really just a local thing.

@carlsbad

What type of wiring method did you use?

Did you install a 3 wire 120/240V multi wire branch circuit consisting of two Hot conductors, one common shared neutral conductor, and one EGC (Equipment Grounding Conductor)?

If yes, only the unbalanced load current of (L1) to neutral and (L2) to neutral will return on the neutral conductor back to the source. The balanced load of (L1) to neutral and (L2) to neutral are in series with one another and are fed by 240V, nominal.

Here is a good example of how a 3 wire multi wire circuit works.

(Imagine the transformer’s split phase secondary winding is 120/240V)

@jea48 are you suggesting that the common neutral allows noise from one leg to affect the other leg?  I considered that and rejected it thinking the large and lightly loaded neutral would kill the noice.  Now I'm questioning that conclusion.

Jerry